Blow your own (paper) shofar

A couple of years ago my husband had his first opportunity to blow a shofar, and it turns out he is a natural. He can even play a tune on one of those things! When he blows, the shofar sounds amazing. I, on the other hand, can barely make it sound like someone blowing a raspberry, or worse. This year we decided that those of us not blessed with natural ram’s horn blowing talents should still be allowed to make a loud noise, and these shofarim are the way to do it. This is a great craft activity for kids to do before Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

You will need:
– light card or heavy paper cut in the shape of a shofar (I used the pattern from here: http://www.cajestl.org/documents/ShofarCraftProject.pdf and just narrowed the shape of the handle slightly.)
– the hooter part of the type of party favour where you blow and part of it extends. (What are these called? Party horns? If you google “party hooters” some of the photos are a bit risque!)
– double sided tape and sticky tape
– textas/stickers etc to decorate

Cut out the shofar and decorate with textas or stickers. Stick together with double sided tape (as per the instructions printed on the .pdf), and roll the handle to fit around the hooter. Secure with sticky tape. That’s it! Then put in your ear plugs and let everyone else go blow their horn.